Emotional 7 year old

Hi I am concerned about my 7 year old daughter. She has always been sensitive but lately she has fallen out with her best friend who have always been friends since pre school. Now the girl doesnt play with her and my daughter finds the other girls hard to come friends with as her ex best friend makes the other girls not play with my daughter. I have had another day of tears before school for silly things that happen with other children and Im worried how sensitive my daughter is over the slightless little thing which turns into a massive thing.

Just dont know how to make her toughen up without being harsh. Help!! IT breaks my heart leaving her each day now.Im starting a new job in a couple of weeks where I can drop her off but not collect her and I want to go knowing she is ok and happy.

I have a ds who is 7 and is very sensitive. At the end of Year 1 he fell out with the boy who had been his best friend since starting school. He became very upset when he had to go to school and wasn't happy.

I ended up going in for a meeting with the teacher. Might sound a bit ott but it definately helped. Once she knew what was/had happened she started to encourage him to play with other boys and would put him in groups with different kids so he was playing with more people.

I wouldn't say he now has a new best friend but a small group (4 or 5) who he is very close too. I prefer this as if one is off sick or he does fall out with one of them i know he will happily go and play with another.

I don't think i could have sorted out this without the schools support as they are the ones who are there all day and my ds definatley benefited from the encouragement from his teacher.

Lucy has already been on with some really good advice which I would echo. Making DD's teacher aware of the situation may make all the difference as it did for Lucy's DS.

How do you feel about booking to see DD's teacher Joanne?

It's really hard to "help" our LO's make friends, as we know as adults there has to be some chemistry between 2 individuals for any sort of friendship to work.

What we can do though, is hone those skills and characteristics which make mixing with others easier.

For instance, it sounds like DD's self esteem might be a bit low at the moment. This is something you can work with DD to improve though, and once she is feeling better about herself, she will become more confident and hey presto, she may well find that a new social group falls in to place.